Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 54m
Gravano revisits mob murders, informants and redemption
“Why Did You Kill My Father?” — Ex-Mafia Underboss Reveals the Call | PBD Podcast #865
The conversation tests a former Gambino underboss’s competing claims about violence, cooperation, retaliation and a later Christian faith.
- 1Salvatore Gravano disputes John Gotti Jr.’s account of the Castellano murder and argues that both men faced questions about informing.
- 2He accepts responsibility for helping plan murders while disputing specific allegations, including claims that he fired fatal shots.
- 3Gravano connects his fear of retaliation and guarded FBI contacts with a spiritual turn toward baptism, prayer and forgiveness.
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Gravano recounts receiving a respectful call from the son of John Santiago, a man he helped kill, and describes answering questions about the killing.
The brief
Salvatore Gravano, the former Gambino underboss, returns to public storytelling while warning that his accounts and possible knowledge still carry risks.
Gravano challenges John Gotti Jr.’s version of the Castellano murder and argues that meetings with prosecutors can make someone an informant even without public testimony.
He recounts the DeBono killing, cooperation with prosecutors and the Alan Kaiser case, accepting involvement while disputing claims that he fired the fatal shots.
The discussion turns to FBI contact involving Jim Comey, possible retaliation and Gravano’s refusal to explain what he knows unless formally compelled.
In the closing stretch, Gravano describes baptism, prayer and forgiveness as forces that have given his later life purpose and discouraged retaliation.
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Salvatore Gravano
Jim Comey
F. Lee Bailey
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